Spatial organization of the island fox (Urocyon littoralis) on Santa Cruz Island, California

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 801-806

  Crooks, Kevin R ^a,b   Van Vuren, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

core area; home range; spatial organization; Urocyon littoralis

Indexed keywords

UROCYON LITTORALIS;

EID: 0029957492     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382685     Document Type: Article

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